The Asscher Cut Diamond: is nearly identical to the emerald cut diamond and is often reffered to as a square emerald cut. Joseph Asscher an eminent diamond cutter, who cut the 3,106 carat Cullinan diamond, developed and patented the Asscher cut diamond in 1902. The Asscher cut is a squarish step cut with an [...]

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“Fluorescence is a luminescence that is mostly found as an optical phenomenon in cold bodies, in which the molecular absorption of a photon triggers the emission of another photon with a longer wavelength. The energy difference between the absorbed and emitted photons ends up as molecular vibrations or heat. Usually the absorbed photon is [...]

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What is Drop Shipping?With the advent of the ever growing internet diamond retail market the concept of drop shipping has become prevalent. Drop shipping has enabled websites to give the appearance of a fully stocked retail business without the costs, overheads, knowledge or experience associated with running a business.
“Drop shipping is a supply chain managment [...]

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TRADE ALERT
FAKE GIA LASER INSCRIPTION DISCOVERED IN MELBOURNE
The picture above is a photograph of a fake GIA laser inscription on a diamond that was sent in from a jeweller in Melbourne.
When buying a diamond from a Melbourne vendor, the client accidently stumbled upon this latest ruse when he was seeking verification of a GIA graded [...]

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Diamonds are found in a variety of colours. The rarest diamonds are ones that have a colourless grading or diamonds with fancy colours such as greens, blues, reds and pinks.

GIA Gemological Institute of America pioneered the universal colour grading system for diamonds in the early 1940’s to overcome all the confusing colour grading systems [...]

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“People will stare. Make it worth their while.”Harry Winston (March 1,1896 – December 8,1978)was an American jeweller. He donated the Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian Institution in 1958 after owning it for a decade.
The Hope Diamond is a large (45.52 carat), deep blue diamond, currently housed in the Smithsonian Natural History Museum. The diamond is [...]

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Famous, Historic and Notable Diamonds
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Diamond Imports

Certified Diamonds, Wholesale Diamond Prices

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When you start to think about buying a diamond, you naturally will want the best diamond that you can afford and a beautiful stone you will treasure forever.
Diamonds can be found in a range of shapes, sizes, qualities & prices. If you are about to buy a diamond for an engagement ring, you may want [...]

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Matching pairs of diamonds are used for earrings or shoulder stones.
Apart from round brilliant cut diamonds other fancy shape diamonds make an interesting choice when you are designing a custom piece of jewellery. Matching diamond pairs are used to enhance the centre diamond in rings, earrings and other unique pieces of jewellery.

A fancy [...]

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Hearts & Arrows is the term that is used to describe diamonds that display a complete and precise Hearts & Arrows pattern. Hearts & Arrows Diamonds are supreme ideal cut diamonds. Hearts & Arrows diamonds have three distinguishing factors – perfection in polish, symmetry, and proportion. The Hearts & Arrows effect is displayed when all [...]

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